Checking and recording device



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

P. SULTZER. CHECKING AND RECORDING DEVICE.

Patented Sept. 10, 1889.

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ATTORNEY (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. P. SULTZER. CHECKING ANDRECORDING DEVICE.

Patented Sept. 10, 1889.

ATTORNEY N, PETERS. Phomhthcgnphcr, Walhiughm, no.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

FREDERICK SULTZER, OF YONKERS, NElV YORK.

CHECKING AND RECORDING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,814, datedSeptember 10, 1889.

Application filed January 10, 1889 Serial No. 295,916. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK SULTZER,

of Yonkers, in the county'of Vestchester and State of New York, haveinvented a new and Improved Checking and Recording Device, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide for the automatic registeringof the time when workmen or employs enter upon their duties; and to theend named the invention consists, essentially, of a frame arranged toreceive a spaced and divided chart, said frame being adjustably mountedwithin a case, the front of which is apertured to correspond with thechart-divisions, record attachments being arranged in connection withthe case and chart, all as will be hereinafter more fully explained, andspecifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which the same figures and letters of referenceindicate the same or corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is alongitudinal sectional elevation of my improved checkingand recording device. Fi 2 is a sectional plan view taken just beneaththe chart-frame. Fig. 3 is an inner view of a portion of the front ofthe case. Fi l is a view of the upper portion of the front of the case.Fig. 5 is a view of the lower portion of the front of the case. Fig. (3is a sectional view on line (5 6 of Fig. 2, the chart, however, beingrepresented in its raised position. Fig. 7 isa crosssectional view online 7 7 of Fi 1. Fig. 8 is a face view of one of the tags carried bythe workmen or ei'nploys, and Fig. 9 is a rear view thereof.

In the drawings, 10 represents a case within which there are mountedrock-shafts 11 and 11-, which said shafts carry arms 12 and 12. and 13and 13, the arms 18 and 13 being pivotally connected to a rod 14, whichextends through an apertured bracket 15, the extending end of the rodbeing threaded to engage a winged nut 16. Upon the arm 12 there ismounted a roller 17, while upon the arm 12 there ismounted a gear orpinion 18, guiding or projecting flanges a being arranged in connectionwith the roller and gear. Upon the gear and roller I mount a frame 20,that is faced with a layer of yielding material 21, upon which there issecured a chart .22.

A. rack 2-3 is formed upon the lower edge of the frame 20, and thisrackis engaged by the gear 18, the arrangementbeing such that when thewinged nut 16 is turned, so as to carry the rod or bar 14 in thedirectionof the arrow shown in Fig. 1, the shafts 11 and 11 will berocked and the frame 20 raised, and in order that the frame maybe movedbackward or forward (for a purpose to be hereinafter explained) I formthe outer disk a of the gear 18 with two apertures 0, arranged to beengaged by prongs formed upon a key 50, (see Fig. 7,) which is passedthrough a properlylocated escuteheon 51, (see Fig. 5,) so that after theprongs of the key have been brought into engagement with the disk thekey may be turned as desired and the frame moved to the right or to theleft.

The chart 22, carried by the frame 20, is divided into anumberof spacesA, which spaces are numbered, as represented in the draw-' ings, a spacebeing provided for each employ. In the drawings there are but sixteen ofthese spaces shown; but it will of course be understood that the devicemightbe made with any desired number of spaces. The spacesA are dividedtransversely into sections that are numbered, the numbers appearing atthe top and bottom, the upper numbers being those of the morning and thelower ones those of the afternoon. In front of each one of the spaces Athe front of the case 10 is apertured, as shown at e, and in connectionwith each aperture there is arranged a hook 30. Inside of the case aremounted S-shaped dogs 31, (see Figs. 3 and 7,) the upper arms of saiddogs extending into the apertures e.

In connection with the parts above described I provide checks Bsuch asthose shown in Figs. 7, 8, and 9-eaeh cheek being apertured and beingprovided with a rearwardly-extending tongue f, the arrangement beingsuch that if a check be hung upon a hook its tongue will strike againstthe upper arm of the dog opposite the aperture, and the lower arm of thedog will be forced against the chart, making an impression upon it or anaperture in the chart. In this way it will be seen that if the employsare provided with numbered checks and the hooks are numbered tocorrespond with the numbers of the spaces A a record of the arrival ofeach workman will be obtained, it being understood that the position ofthe chart is changed to correspond with the hour of the day.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby LettersPatentr- 1. The combination, with a case provided withapertures and hooks, of a chart mounted within the case, dogs mounted infront of the chart, and checks B, provided with rearwardly-extendingtongues, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a case provided with hooks and apertures in itsface, of a frame arranged to receive a chart mounted within the case,dogs pivotally mounted within the case, and checks arranged to be placedupon the hooks, said checks being provided with tongues which bearagainst the dogs, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a case having an apertured front, of hooksarranged in connection with the apertures, checks arranged to be placedupon the hooks,avertically-adj ustable frame mounted within the case, achart carried by the frame, and dogs mounted in front of the chart andarranged in connection with the case-apertures, substantially asdescribed.

4. The combination, with a case formed with apertures e, and providedwith hooks 30, and checks B, of dogs 31,a frame 20, a chart carried bythe frame, and a means, substantially as described, for raising andlowering the frame and for moving it laterally, as and for the purposestated.

5. The combination, with a case formed with apertures e, and providedwith hooks 30, of dogs mounted within the case, rock-shafts 11 and 11, aroller 17, a gear 18, arms 12 and 12, that are carried by said shaftsand supporting said roller and gear, a rod 14, arms 13 and 13, carriedby said shaftsand pivotally connected to said rod, a winged nut arrangedto engage a threaded section of the rod, a frame provided with a rack23, with which the gear 18 engages, a chart divided into sections A,said chart being carried by the frame, and a means, substantially asdescribed, for turning the gear 18, as and for the purpose stated.

FREDERICK SULTZER.

Witnesses:

FREDERIO L. COBB,

S. T. KELLOGG.

